August 10, 2010 by Dad.

Aunty Celeste had to give up trying to play her guitar when Etienne decided he wanted to see what it was all about. He made his way up onto the sofa and forced her to show him what she was doing. Here are photos of the two playing guitar, it was very fun to watch Etienne figure out what Celeste was showing him.

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August 7, 2010 by Dad.

Etienne chilling out on the beach at another lake near Lac La Biche. This time while visiting some friends of Celeste & Frederick. Etienne just loves the beach, the sand and the water…

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August 6, 2010 by Dad.

We went berry picking with Celeste and Ouma & Oupa. This was something that Etienne really could not take part in, but he was very interested in what everybody was doing. I carried him around and showed him the berries but there was no tasting for him, no berries before 1 year !!

After the berry picking we stopped at the local golf course for lunch. It really is a beautiful course looking out over the lake. Just below the patio was the putting green and Cezanne and Etienne just had to check it out and we got a couple of really nice photos of the kids playing on the green.

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August 5, 2010 by Dad.

Our vacation started with a few bumps thanks to Delta. We will never fly Delta EVER again… Once we made it all the way up to Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada we had a great time. Etienne and his aunt Celeste took this bike for a ride on their patio. Etienne is a real boy, he took to it right away, spreading his legs wide enough to not get his toes in the way of the back wheels, something that took Cezanne a long time to get right.

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April 3, 2010 by Dad.

Finally, after a week of cold and rainy weather the weekend did offer a little better option for playing outside. It was Gavin’s birthday on Sunday, but with us returning home, and Gavin leaving for a business meeting, we had a party on Saturday but the day actually started a lot earlier with everybody but Etienne and Mommy going to the Folsom City Easter Egg Hunt.

Waking up and just relaxing with Mama

Happy, as always, with new & old toys !

Making my move - watch out Emily

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April 2, 2010 by Dad.

With rainy weather most of the week - there was not much chance for outside play so Etienne spent a lot of time sitting - his newest skill - on the living room floor while the other kids ran around inside.

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April 1, 2010 by Dad.

Etienne with his new friends Zack & Aiden Harvett sitting on the floor at their home in Folsom

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March 31, 2010 by Dad.

Mama’s Boy !

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March 30, 2010 by Dad.

Etienne was a little young (notice I did not say too small) to join in all the fun and games, but Aiden and Zack did their best to make him feel welcome and paid him lots of attention.

“Pile on !”	Etienne & Aiden	Happy Mr. E !	Etienne & Aiden (again)

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March 29, 2010 by Dad.

After almost 3 years of promises we finally made it to California and to visit Gavin & Christina. Ever since they came to visit us way back when both Cezanne and Aiden were still in infant car seats we had been saying we needed to get out to visit them, but with one and then two kids it was a challenge. We decided that Cezanne’s spring break was the perfect time to do something about this !

Gavin w/ Zack & Etienne

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